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| Tax haven; sixth smallest nation in Europe; official language is Catalan | |
| Has the world's highest capital city (administrative capital); Former Inca Empire territory | |
| Home of the Angkor Wat; successor state of the once powerful Khmer Empire | |
| Former Portuguese colony; gained independence from Indonesia (declared in 1975, recognized in 2002) | |
| It was the first post-colonial independent Black-led nation in the world after a successful slave rebellion. Only predominantly Francophone independent nation in the Americas | |
| Has high rankings for its education system, political freedom, civil rights, press freedom (ranked 1st in 2009); Hugely affected by the great potato famine causing major emigration | |
| World's second-largest economy by nominal GDP; Officially renounced its right to declare war; highest life expectancy of the world | |
| Only enclaved country in Africa; completely surrounded by another one; it is also southernmost landlocked country in the world | |
| Capital city is named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the USA; During spice trade it was called Malaguetta Coast or Pepper Coast | |
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| Youngest country in the world (declared independece in 2008) | |
| Fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species; independent from France in 1960 | |
| Home to the once Prosperous city of Timbuktu, an important trading outpost that linked west Africa with Berber, Arab, and Jewish traders | |
| Most sparsely populated independent country in the world; Approximately 30% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic; Once the largest contiguous land empire in world history | |
| Country with about 27% of its area and 60% of its population located below sea level; Hosts 'the world's legal capital'. | |
| Commonly accepted to have the oldest borders in the world, established in 1249 (excluding colonial era); during the 15th & 16th centuries, one of the world's major economic powers | |
| Had a prominent role in ancient times with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage; also was known as the bread basket of the Roman Empire | |
| Home to the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818m (2,684 ft); Formerly know as Trucial States or Trucial Oman | |
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